So many controversial stories exist within the history of the Olympics that most of them have been forgotten within the decades of mostly memorable Winter and Summer Games etched positively in people’s minds. The U.S. has a history of only slipping up once when it comes to handling the Olympics with the usual aplomb of ...
The citizens of the United Kingdom were elated at the announcement in 2005 of the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, to be held in London, England from July 27 to August 12, 2012. They have been in full swing in preparing for the thousands of participates and spectators. A ...
1948 Due to its international status as aggressors of World War II, Germany and Japan were excluded from the London Olympic Games. 1956 International boycotts in the Melbourne Summer Olympics.While Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon withdrew to protest the Israeli-led invasion of the Suez Canal, three European nations —Holland, Liechtenstein, Spain,and Switzerland— also boycotted the Games ...
.St.Louis,Missouri-1904 Basketball was played in the III Olympiad as a sport demonstration. The host country’s team received the gold medal. .Berlin,Germany-1936 The First International Meet was won by America’s national squad, followed by Canada (silver), Mexico (bronze), Poland, Philipppines, Uruguay, Italy, Peru, Japan, Chile, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Estonia, Latvia, China, Egypt and Germany. In the ...
1896 Under the direction of France’s Baron Pierre de Coubertin,the First Modern Olympics were held in the Greek capital of Athens. His source of inspiration was the ancient Greek Olympics. In Athens, there were 241 entries from 13 states (America, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, and Switzerland). 1900 ...
